非英语专业学生英语课外阅读情况调查与研究

An empirical study of after-class English reading activities of non-English majors in China

国外语言学家的研究表明大量阅读有助于提高第二语言能力。那么，中国非英语专业学生的英语课外阅读情况如何，与其英语水平的关系如何，他们对英语课外阅读看法如何，在英语阅读中又有哪些具体困难?本文以66名南京大学非英语专业学生为对象，采用问卷和面谈等研究工具，着重调查分析了非英语专业学生课外阅读时间、阅读材料的选择、阅读方法及困难，

WT5'BZ絋his paper reports an empirical study on the after class English reading activities of the non English majors in a Chinese university. The subjects were third year non English majors from Nanjing University, and the instruments adopted included a questionnaire and interviews. In the study, particular attention was given to: the time students spent in English reading after class, their purposes in reading, the reading strategies they usually adopted, the problems they met while reading and the relationship between reading and their English proficiency. The results showed that, in general, the non English majors didnt spend much time in English reading after class (the average is 2.17 hours per week), though a great majority did have some purpose in reading; most students did pay certain attention to their strategies while reading; the biggest problem for them is the lack of proper reading materials; and there is a slight positive correlation between their reading time and English proficiency. [WT5'HZ]